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Watermelon Man
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6.3A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
Released: 1970-05-27100 minDir: Melvin Van PeeblesComedyBox office: $1.1M
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Cast
- Godfrey Cambridge as Jefferson Washington 'Jeff' Gerber
- Estelle Parsons as Althea Janine Gerber
- Howard Caine as Mr. Townsend
- D'Urville Martin as Bus Driver
- Mantan Moreland as Joe the Counterman
- Erin Moran as Janice Gerber
Themes
- satire
- racist
- racism
- malicious
- independent film
- tanning bed
- hilarious
- mean spirited
- scathing
- whiteface
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
3,163 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 1970
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Screenwriter
- Herman Raucher
- Cast member
- Mantan Moreland
- Composer
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Producer
- John B. Bennett
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 777476
- Performer
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- title
- Watermelon Man
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- review score
- 7.1/10
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